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The Horse & Jockey, Whitchurch
Grindley Brook
Postal town: Whitchurch
SY13 4QJ
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Thuck Phat left this review about The Horse & Jockey
A large roadhouse which doesn't look too bad from the outside but seems to have been painted entirely in white inside which gives the whole place the feel of a conservatory.
The menu on our weekday lunchtime visit offered unexciting standard pub grub lunchtime fare which none of the other, 3 or so, customers were tempted by.
Surprisingly for a GK boozer the handpumps weren't overrun by the usual mood deadening offerings and on our visit the following were on:Three Tuns 1642 and XXX, GK IPA Gold, Stonehouse Sunlander and Woodlands Light Oak. This still left 3 unoccupied handpumps but everything we tried was decent and the XXX would've beaten a GK IPA anytime.
Not a bad spot to stop for a pint if you happen to be passing.
On 23rd September 2013
- rating: 6
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Horse & Jockey
A Greene King Country Pub and Eating House,which has had the full pubco makeover although the interior does divide into section and some old beams are visible.At the rear there is a garden conservatory with a wood burner.There is a mix of wooden furniture and muzak but to my surprise there were 8 handpumps with only one devoted to the ghastly GK output.Not all the pumps were working but my Three Tuns XXX and Woodlands Light Oak were in reasonable shape if not the most memorable of brews.
Close to the Llangollen canal and the notorious bottleneck which is the Grindley Brook staircase locks,many boaters will pop in and given the choice of ale,I might use it again if in need of a pint despite the sterile interior.
On 15th September 2013
- rating: 6
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